Beat the Parents

A family trivia game, kids play against their parents to win Beat The Parents by Spin Master Games. In this game, each team asks each other trivia questions to try and score the most points. Bonus and Bust tokens exist to help give your score a boost or to push it back. This game comes complete with 110 cards, a game board, six tokens and four movers. The Bonus and Bust will either help you move forward to get closer to winning or send you back on the board to mess things up for you. The first team to move across the board wins.Number of players:2+
Recommended ages:6+
Estimated playtime:30 minutes

Battleship

In the classic game Battleship by Hasbro, players position their own unique ships on their boards while their opponents do the same. The goal of the game is to attempt to guess the coordinates of a variety of your opponents’ different ships. Players mark their attempts as either “hits” or “misses” using pegs while their opponents do the same, taking turns guessing the coordinates of the other players’ vessels. When a ship is full of “hit” pegs, the ship has been sunk. Sink all of the ships to win. Battleship is designed for players aged seven and up.Number of players:2
Recommended ages:7+
Estimated playtime:30 minutes

Anti-Monopoly

A modern twist on a classic game, Anti-Monopoly by University Games allows you to choose whether you will lead a free market or monopolize it. In this game, you draw cards and move your pawns like you do in Monopoly, but you follow different rules depending on the path you have chosen. This game comes with a game board, plenty of cards, plastic playing pieces to more through the game and play money to use. The game is designed to be played by 4 people, ages eight and up.Number of players:2-4
Recommended ages:8+
Estimated playtime:60-90 minutes

5 Second Rule

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In the game 5 Second Rule by PlayMonster, you have only five seconds to come up with three different words that match up with the topic at hand. If the timer runs out by the marble hitting the base of the timer before you can come up with the words, you lose the round. Try to say the right thing and avoid getting tongue tied in order to keep your points up and win the game. There are 576 questions included on 288 cards. This game can be played by anyone 10 years of age or older with three or more players.Number of players:3+
Recommended ages:10+
Estimated playtime:20 minutes

Welcome to the Dungeon

Welcome to the Dungeon by IELLO is a game that is considered to be a micro dungeon crawler. Each player begins at the entrance to a dungeon with the intent to get inside and get into the dungeon. Not everyone will go in, though, and to see who is the bravest, you have to take turns setting weapons down, adding more monsters to fight and more. The Welcome to the Dungeon board game is meant to be played by two to four players. This game takes around 30 minutes to complete.Number of players:2-4
Recommended ages:8+
Estimated playtime:30 minutes

Voluspa

Voluspa by Stronghold Games is a game that follows one of the oldest poems in Norse mythology: Voluspa. In this game, you are playing as one of the powerful forces of Asgard: Loki, Thor, Odin and the Valkyries. Your goal is to overtake the other characters in battle and take all of the tile score pieces as your own. The person with the most wins. Voluspa is intended to be played by two to five players who are at least 10 years of age or older. It goes on for around 45 minutes at a time.Number of players:2-5
Recommended ages:10+
Estimated playtime:45 minutes

Ultra-Tiny Epic Kingdoms

Ultra-Tiny Epic Kingdoms by Gamelyn Games puts players in the roles of explorers who examine factions, expand kingdoms, use resources and slay anyone that gets in the way on your rise to power. Each different person rules their own factions and races against their friends to become the biggest and the best. This game comes with 70 cubes, 24 different cards and a single tower. Ultra-Tiny Epic Kingdoms is a game to be played by one to and five players who are at least eight years of age. This game can be played in half an hour.Number of players:1-5
Recommended ages:8+
Estimated playtime:30 minutes

Tragedy Looper

Tragedy Looper by Z-Man Games is a time loop deduction game where players are able to go back in time to stop a tragedy from happening. You get stuck in a time maze where your goal is to stop whatever tragedy is going to happen. The goal of one player is to make more tragedies happen to throw them off. Tragedy Looper is intended to be played by two to four players who are at least 12 years of age or older. The game goes on for around 120 minutes at a time.Number of players:2-4
Recommended ages:13+
Estimated playtime:120 minutes

Timeline: Inventions

Timeline: Inventions by Asmodee allows you to compare your knowledge about inventions to that of historical fact, seeing who knows the most. Players all get an identical number of cards that represent inventions, monuments and more. On the back of each card, you will find a date. The point is to correctly guess which inventions and monuments came before or after one another and lay them all out on the table. Timeline: Inventions is a game that is intended for two and eight players. It only takes around 15 minutes to beat the game.Number of players:2-8
Recommended ages:8+
Estimated playtime:15 minutes